SEPARATION ANXIETY SYNDROME (SAS) IN DOGS FROM FERNANDOPOLIS, SP, REFERRED TO UNICASTELO VETERINARY HOSPITAL

Authors

  • Adriana Alonso Novais Unicastelo
  • Dayane de Souza Arruda Lemos Unicastelo
  • Domingos de Faria Junior Unicastelo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v11i1.5463

Keywords:

Animal Behavior, Medical Clinic of Small Animals

Abstract

The separation anxiety syndrome (SAS) is defined by a group of altered behaviors showed by dogs when they are left alone, contributing for the most common behavior problems in this specie. The basic clinical signs of SAS are the following: distress vocalization (whining, barking, howling), destructiveness and house soiling. SAS reduce the animal’s life quality and is a frequent cause of abandonment and euthanasia of these dogs. The goal of this research was to verify the occurrence of SAS in dogs from Fernandopolis, SP, referred to the veterinary hospital of Unicastelo, in the period lying between december/2007 and december/2008. Seventy five animals were studied, comprising 30 (40%) adult males, 9 (12%) young males, 30 (40%) adult females and 6 (8%) young females. The dogs were evaluated through data given by the owners, according to a behavior questionnaire. From the general studied population, 35 dogs (47%) showed distress vocalization, 29 (39%) dogs showed micturition at inappropriate places, 17 (23%) dogs showed defecation at inappropriate places and 22 (29%) showed destructiveness during the periods of the owner’s absence. From the obtained results we may conclude the occurrence of SAS in 68% of the studied dogs.

KEY WORDS: Dogs, animal behavior, behavior disturbances, SAS.

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Author Biographies

Adriana Alonso Novais, Unicastelo

Departamento de Clinica e Cirurgia Veterinárias/Área de Clinica Medica de Pequenos Animais, Unicastelo, Campus de Fernandopolis, SP

Dayane de Souza Arruda Lemos, Unicastelo

Aluna do curso de medicina veterinária da Unicastelo, Campus de Fernandopolis, SP

Domingos de Faria Junior, Unicastelo

Departamento de Clínica e Cirurgia Veterinárias, Área de Clinica Cirurgica de Pequenos Animais, Unicastelo, Campus de Fernandopolis, SP

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Published

2010-04-01

How to Cite

NOVAIS, A. A.; LEMOS, D. de S. A.; JUNIOR, D. de F. SEPARATION ANXIETY SYNDROME (SAS) IN DOGS FROM FERNANDOPOLIS, SP, REFERRED TO UNICASTELO VETERINARY HOSPITAL. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 11, n. 1, p. 205–211, 2010. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v11i1.5463. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/5463. Acesso em: 30 jun. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1 (2010)

Section

Veterinary Medicine

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